Archive for February 19th, 2014

Marguerite B. “Margie” Bennett, 97, passed away Saturday February 8, 2014 at Landsun Homes in Carlsbad, NM. There will be no visitation, cremation has taken place. Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Friday, February 21, 2014, 10:00 AM, at St....

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Legislature wrapped up work Wednesday on a must-do state budget proposal as the 30-day session neared an end. Lawmakers are scheduled to adjourn at noon Thursday. The budget cleared its final legislative hurdle when it passed the...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico lawmakers have dealt a setback to the Navajo Nation by rejecting a gambling compact that would have allowed the state’s largest American Indian tribe to open three additional casinos. The Senate voted 31-10 against the...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A proposal that would let voters decide whether to boost the state’s minimum wage beginning next year failed to garner enough support despite hours of debate Wednesday night that centered on New Mexico’s working poor. The...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — An Air Force sergeant in New Mexico has pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse in the death of his infant daughter. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Peter John Zayas entered his plea Wednesday in a federal court in Las Cruces. He’s...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A green chile crisis has been averted. The University of New Mexico said Wednesday that The Pit, home of the school’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, will serve green chile after all. Assistant Athletic...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Albuquerque woman charged with kicking her 9-year-old son to death was a victim of abuse herself, a 2009 report said. According to an application for an Emergency Order of Protection, Synthia Varela-Casaus was hit, choked, bitten...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Forecasters say windy weather is making much of New Mexico ripe for wildfires. A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for portions of northern and central New Mexico through Wednesday evening. Winds are expected to kick up...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Department of Corrections is asking for donated dress suits to help inmates prepare for the business world. Corrections officials recently launched a suit donation drive with the goal of giving suits to outgoing inmates....